Millimeter-Wave Broadband Mixers in New Testing and Measurement Instruments for High Data Rate Signal Analyses

Masayuki KIMISHIMA

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E88-C    No.10    pp.1973-1980
Publication Date: 2005/10/01
Online ISSN: 
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e88-c.10.1973
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Recent Technologies on Devices, Circuits, and Systems for Millimeter-wave ITS Applications)
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Keyword: 
millimeter-wave,  spectrum analyzer,  mixer,  resistive mixer,  balun,  

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Summary: 
The millimeter-wave (MMW) broadband mixers that are useful for measurement instruments to analyze MMW high data rate signals have been investigated. At first, we propose the specialized RF front-end for analyses of MMW high data rate signals. Next, the required specifications for the 1st mixers of the front-end are estimated, and the design, fabrication, and testing results of Q, V, and W-band monolithic broadband resistive mixers are described. The testing results are compared with performances of the diode mixer designed for V-band. It was found that the resistive mixers have very attractive performances of low conversion loss, good frequency flatness and high third order intercept point (IP3) with low Local (LO) oscillators power. The developed resistive mixers are suitable for the proposed MMW band measurement instruments.